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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Lame Deer talks about one thing that made him sad, that the town of Winner was surrounded on all sides by what?
(a) Boundry lines.
(b) Fences.
(c) Gates and locks.
(d) White cattle ranchers.

2. What was on the blanket that Lame Deer's grandmother had made especially for the vision pit?
(a) A circle.
(b) A star.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A thunderbird.

3. What was the word that the Sioux tribe used for the stone god?
(a) Cheyne.
(b) Mosaken.
(c) Tunkan.
(d) Wagmuha.

4. What did the Indians name "holy dog"?
(a) The horse.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) The bull.
(d) The wolf.

5. If a boy wasn't satisfied with just rubbing noses with a girl, he would ask an elk medicine man to make him what?
(a) A horse bridle.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A flute.
(d) An ax.

6. When the tree was cut down to prepare for the sun dance and the lower branches were cut off, what was used to cover the "wounds" on the tree?
(a) Buffalo's blood.
(b) Blessed water.
(c) A paste made of herbs and leaves.
(d) Vermillion paint.

7. Lame Deer talks about a famous chief that was named Man-Afraid-of-His-what?
(a) Horse.
(b) Cow.
(c) Knife.
(d) Arrow.

8. What does the steam represent that is coming out of the pot mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Living breath.
(c) New life.
(d) Mystery.

9. What animal does Lame Deer mention in Chapter 7 that is much like an Indian because it's unchangeable?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bear.
(d) A wolf.

10. When the holy man in the story of the ghost dance saw the beautiful land he saw a land that was dotted with what?
(a) Thunderbirds.
(b) Tipis.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Indian babies.

11. Lame Deer talks about an old white man that invited him and his friend into his cellar to drink and play cards. Lame Deer said that this bootlegger was so drunk he couldn't do what?
(a) Walk a zig-zagged line.
(b) Find his nose with both hands.
(c) Stand up to go to the bathroom.
(d) Breath any fresh air.

12. In the beginning of the tale about the Stone Boy, a young girl had how many brothers?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

13. What was the reason that Indians drank according to Lame Deer?
(a) To be more like the white man.
(b) To forget.
(c) To hold on.
(d) To remember.

14. At the Custer battle, who had green paper in their pockets?
(a) The white soldiers.
(b) The white generals.
(c) The Indian chiefs.
(d) The Indian warriors.

15. What does Lame Deer say the white man has changed it's women into?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Workers.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Housewives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 8, Lame Deer tells a big secret that he just wants to whisper and doesn't dare say aloud. What is this secret?

2. According to Lame Deer, what was the name of the greatest of all the Sioux?

3. Rocks that were used for curing were wrapped carefully in a piece of what?

4. Lame Deer states in the beginning of Chapter 9 that if a conjurer or witch doctor is bad, he will do what?

5. The beginning of the ghost dance began with a sweat bath and the burning of what?

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